Activating your Avila Google Account

Avila University has partnered with Google to use Google Apps for Education to support collaborative learning environments. Contact Mark Eaton to request an Avila Google account and then follow the instructions below to activate your account. This YouTube
video shows you how to activate a Google Avila student account once you
receive the email with your credentials.

Steps to Activate your Avila Google Account

Go to www.google.com/a/avila.edu.

Enter your user name and temporary password provided by Avila. You do not need to append @avila.edu if you use this logon screen but must append it if you use the generic Google logon screen (www.google.com > Sign In).

You will be asked to create a new unique password.

Why use Google Docs?

This
3 minute YouTube video explains why cloud computing and sharing
documents is better for collaboration than using standard documents and
email.

YouTube Video

The
College of Education at Michigan State University has a pretty good
tutorial on using Google Docs. Take a few minutes to browse Getting Started with Google Docs before you create your first document.